André Simon (wine)
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André Simon (28 February 1877 – 5 September 1970) was a French-born wine merchant, gourmet, and prolific writer about wine. Hugh Johnson describes him as "the charismatic leader of the English wine trade for almost all of the first half of the 20th century, and the grand old man of literate connoisseurship for a further 20 years".[1]
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Born | André Louis Simon (1877-02-28)28 February 1877 Paris |
Died | 5 September 1970(1970-09-05) (aged 93) |
Occupation | Wine merchant and writer |
Nationality | French |
Subject | Food and wine |
Spouse | Edith Symons |
Children | (5) Andre Louis Ernest Henry Simon (son) b.3 Aug 1906 - d.14 Sep 1973; Peter Jerome Simon (son), b.1910, daughter Jeanne and 2 others |
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